XkbTranslateKeySym

NAME

XkbTranslateKeySym
− Find the string and symbol associated with a keysym
for a given keyboard state

SYNOPSIS

int
XkbTranslateKeySym

(Display *dpy,
KeySym *sym_inout, unsigned int

mods, char
*buf, intnbytes, int
*extra_rtrn);

ARGUMENTS

− dpy

connection to X server

− sym_inout

symbol to be translated; result
of translation

− mods

modifiers to apply to sym_inout

− buf

buffer into which returned string is written

− nbytes

size of buffer in bytes

− extra_rtrn

number of bytes overflow

DESCRIPTION

XkbTranslateKeySym
applies the transformations specified in mods to the
symbol specified by sym_inout. It returns in
buf the string, if any, associated with the keysym
for the current locale. If the transformations in
mods changes the keysym, sym_inout is updated
accordingly. If the string returned is larger than
nbytes, a count of bytes that does not fit into the
buffer is returned in extra_rtrn. XkbTranslateKeySym
returns the number of bytes it placed into buf.

RETURN VALUES

buf

Returns the string, if any,
associated with the keysym for the current locale.